Hidden Worries Behind Bright Results: How To Reduce The "Puffiness" In The Printing And Dyeing Industry?

In 2018, printing and dyeing enterprises delivered a satisfactory spancript. Recently, the printing and dyeing industry association of China released data showing that in 2018 1~11, the printing and dyeing fabrics of scale printing and dyeing enterprises increased 44 billion 496 million meters, an increase of 2.26% over the same period in 2017. During the period, the printing and dyeing enterprises above Designated Size realized 265 billion 725 million yuan of main business revenue, an increase of 4.55% over the same period, and realized a total profit of 13 billion 657 million yuan, an increase of 13.06% over the same period last year.


However, what is worrying is that the loss of printing and dyeing enterprises is expanding continuously. In the 1~11 month of 2018, there were 322 loss making enterprises in scale printing and dyeing enterprises, with a deficit of 18.78%, an increase of 3.7 percentage points over the same period in 2017. The total deficit of deficit companies amounted to 1 billion 366 million yuan, an increase of 13.06% over the same period in 2017.


In view of this "big and deficient" "overweight" physique, how should printing and dyeing enterprises be cured?


What is the cause of "big but not strong"?


Lack of innovation in cost rise


The reasons for the loss and loss of printing and dyeing enterprises will continue to expand. The report shows that in 2018 1~11, the main business cost of printing and dyeing enterprises above designated size was 232 billion 984 million yuan, an increase of 4.77% over the same period last year.


The industry generally believes that the upstream dye prices continue to rise as a printing and dyeing enterprise can not be ignored. At present, China's dyestuff industry is in an oligopoly situation, the production capacity is highly concentrated, leading enterprises gather nearly 70% of production capacity, bargaining power is strong. Since 2018, the price of dyestuffs has surged in waves. The price of disperse dyes has approached the historical high level in 2015, which has directly caused the dye cost of printing and dyeing enterprises to rise sharply. The cost share has increased from 25% to 30% or even more.


The only solution for printing and dyeing enterprises to solve these problems is to concentrate on raising the dye fee and shifting the cost continuously. However, although the downstream weaving industry does not have the bargaining power, the current prosperity level of the entire textile market is not high, and the weaving enterprises are also complaining about the rise in the cost of dyeing. Therefore, from 2018, the rising tide of printing and dyeing industry has been reduced compared with that in 2017. It is obvious that the printing and dyeing industry is also considering the acceptance of weaving enterprises in the big environment.


In addition, a series of factors, such as rising labor costs, raising the coal market, increasing the cost of heat and electricity, and the costs brought by environmental pressures, have made the printing and dyeing enterprises' comprehensive operating costs continue to increase, making the already overloaded printing and dyeing enterprises hit hard again.


Apart from the external factors of the market environment, the lack of innovation capability is also the main reason for the further expansion of corporate deficit. In 2017, the national science and technology expenditure statistics bulletin showed that in the year, a total of 1 trillion and 760 billion 610 million yuan was invested in R & D and 2.13% in R & D funding. Above scale textile enterprises spend 44 billion 974 million yuan on R & D expenditure, and the R & D input intensity is only 0.69%.


In response, industry experts pointed out: "many printing and dyeing enterprises each year claimed that the number of new products reached three digits, but most of them only changed in the aspects of process, pattern, color and so on. Even though the" new degree "products with high content were mostly follow up, trailing and imitation products. The original products with independent intellectual property rights, high technology content and strong competitiveness are very few. "


Related enterprises also agree with this statement. Xi Bin, managing director of Guangdong trillion day Textile Technology Co., Ltd., admitted that many printing and dyeing enterprises were more impatient in the development of new products, and chose to encirclement the market with the strategy of "big and scattered", not only did they not form their own fist products, but once the products were sold, they would abandon them and then continue to seek new profit growth points.


How can enterprises strengthen their health?


Technology research and development to improve technology


Under the situation of internal and external difficulties, China's printing and dyeing industry has shown a "puffiness" posture and needs to build up a strong physique.


In response to this phenomenon, Chen Zhihua, President of China printing and dyeing industry association, pointed out that printing and dyeing enterprises should further improve their printing and dyeing technology level and technological innovation ability. He told reporters: "in the future, the development of printing and dyeing technology should pay attention to improving the quality and efficiency of textiles, focusing on the development of high quality textile dyeing and finishing technology, functional textile dyeing and finishing technology, multi component textile dyeing and finishing technology, high color fastness textile dyeing and finishing technology and new fiber dyeing and finishing technology; further innovation of process technology, including clean production technology, three wastes treatment technology, and so on; strengthening printing and dyeing industry intelligent manufacturing technology, research and development, including on-line detection, digital automation technology and MES system."


Chen Zhihua said that technological innovation is the driving force for the survival and sustainable development of enterprises. The development, application and innovation of new printing and dyeing technologies is the key to enhance the core competitiveness of enterprises. Revolutionary technological innovation will promote the upgrading of the printing and dyeing industry, and promote the spanformation and development of the printing and dyeing industry from the scale to the quality effect, which is also the future development direction of the industry.


It is gratifying to note that nowadays, technology oriented printing and dyeing enterprises are not few. "Guangdong trillion days adhere to the road of scientific and technological innovation, we extract more than 6% annual R & D expenses from sales revenue for product R & D and technological innovation, and adhere to the path of" industry university research ", from fiber to fabric to technology, and cooperate with Donghua University, Japan Toyo textile, Austrian Leland fine industry and other industries and universities, research institutions, and world leading companies to set up 3 major technology R & D centers. Now, 4 authorized patents, 2 utility models, and 4 inventions in the examination and approval have been authorized. Xi Bin said. It is understood that at present, the company has become an important service provider in the domestic knitted fabric industry.


Shishi City Port overflow dyeing and Weaving Co., Ltd. has also carried out research and development of a series of elastic leisure fabrics products in recent years, in cooperation with the 140 year old Japanese Nagoya company. The two sides have developed more than 50 new elastic fabric series, which has become one of the main products of the Japanese company's annual procurement of $2 billion 200 million.


How can we ensure that the medicine is cured?


Enhanced design for cleaner production


Of course, it is far from enough to cure the disease of "puffiness" by scientific research and development alone. Chen Zhihua said that the printing and dyeing industry has high water consumption and energy consumption, and shoulders the heavy responsibility of energy saving and emission reduction in the textile industry. At the same time, green and sustainable development is an important aspect of printing and dyeing industry spanformation and upgrading, and is also an inevitable trend of the development of the industry.


Chen Zhihua said: "the printing and dyeing industry should speed up the implementation of structural adjustment, comprehensively improve the level of energy conservation and environmental protection and sustainable development of the industry, further eliminate backward equipment with high energy consumption, high water consumption and low efficiency, increase the research and development of cleaner production technology, reduce pollution from the source, improve the efficiency of resource utilization, reduce the generation and emission of pollutants, further improve the technology and facilities for pollution control, strengthen the combination of process control and terminal treatment, achieve the discharge or utilization of major pollutants, strengthen the control of harmful substances from the source, adopt environmentally friendly auxiliaries, enhance the ecological safety of products, and meet the growing needs of the beautiful ecological environment of the people.


In recent years, some printing and dyeing enterprises have intensified their efforts to update related technologies and equipment. Jihua printing and dyeing Co., Ltd., in order to desalinate the smog produced in the production process, specially introduced an efficient exhaust purifier at the price of 1 million yuan per unit to protect the atmospheric environment and ensure the safety of production. The Zhejiang Lego industrial Limited by Share Ltd spent about 2800000 euros, heavily importing Shaoxing's first "water free dye vat". The Zhejiang Ying Feng Polytron Technologies Inc has invested nearly 1 billion yuan, introduced high-end equipment and increased investment in environmental protection facilities; Hua Hua printing and dyeing Co., Ltd. invested 50 million yuan in the introduction of new water treatment equipment, and its daily handling of 2000 tons of reverse osmosis water treatment equipment increased the reuse rate of water from the original 70% to more than 95%.


However, some industry experts remind Enterprises: "it is not wrong to invest in new equipment to achieve cleaner production, but enterprises can not simply" be happy with the old ". Instead, they should vigorously" change the old appearance "and upgrade the old equipment as much as possible so as to avoid unnecessary risks and investment.


Chen Zhihua also suggested that the development of printing and dyeing industry should be integrated into more fashion elements. "With the improvement of people's living standards, fashion consumption has increasingly become the new economic growth point of the industry." industry + fashion "is the future development trend of the industry. In the future, the industry should play its own advantages in the field of fashion, strengthen product design and research and development, and promote cooperation between upstream and downstream industries chain, so as to reflect and enhance the value of supply chain.


In recent years, digital printing has become the new favorite of the fashion industry, and many printing and dyeing enterprises have shown great interest in it. "We used to do more traditional printing and dyeing business. The pressure of environmental protection in the past two years is large, so we have to spanform. Digital printing is a good direction. " Fujian Rong Sen color company official said: "the reason for spanformation is that environmental pressure is on the one hand. On the other hand, traditional printing is increasingly unable to meet the market demand for fabric color expression and diversity. The substantial improvement in the accuracy of digital printing makes it possible for high-definition printed textile production to allow designers to break through the limitations of traditional textile printing technology and give full play to their imagination."


Of course, the "fitness" of enterprises is also inseparable from a good "fitness" environment. Chen Zhihua said: "the China printing and dyeing industry association will adhere to the close contact with the enterprises at the grass-roots level, listen to the voice of enterprises, reflect the demands of enterprises, serve as a link between enterprises and the government, and lead the printing and dyeing industry into a new era and a new future." He expects that the printing and dyeing industry will continue to develop smoothly in 2019, and the main operational indicators will remain relatively stable.